NRK, the Norwegian national broadcaster, have confirmed their continued non-participation at the 2026 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. While NRK planned to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2025, they will once again stay away due to a lack of a national final. Joakim Vedeler, Director of Children’s Content […]
Yle, the Finnish national broadcaster, have confirmed their non-participation at the 2026 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Finland has not shown a clear interest in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since the first edition in 2003, when it was one of the non-participating countries to broadcast the first Contest. […]
DR, the Danish national broadcaster, have confirmed their continued non-participation at the 2026 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. FOLLOWING the recognition of the positive implementation of new measures at the Contest, aimed at protecting young artists, DR have confirmed they are staying away from the Contest for another year. Marlene Boel, the Head of […]
S4C, the Welsh national broadcaster, have confirmed non-participation, at the 2026 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. S4C have confirmed to ESCspot that they will not be participating at the 2026 Junior Eurovision Song Contest – without any further reasoning. AHEAD of the 2024 Contest, Manw, the 2018 Welsh representative, had the […]
San Marino RTV, the San Marinese national broadcaster, have confirmed they will be bidding to host the 2026 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. FOLLOWING their initial announcement back in September, San Marino RTV have confirmed they will bid to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026. During a press […]
France Télévisions, the French national broadcaster, have confirmed that they will not host the 2026 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. France Télévisions have confirmed that they will not host the 2026 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Due to financial reasons, France Televisions needs to make savings of €140 million. France […]
RTP, the Portuguese national broadcaster, have confirmed participation, at the 2026 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. FOLLOWING the adaptation of the rules, the winner of The Voice Kids will go on to represent Portugal at the 2026 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The Voice Kids has been used to select […]
SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster, doesn’t intend to participate, at the 2026 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. SVT have confirmed to ESCspot that they don’t intend to participate, at the 2026 Junior Eurovision Song Contest – without any further reasoning. AHEAD of the 2025 Contest, SVT’s Communications Department, had […]
MRT, the North Macedonian national broadcaster, have confirmed participation, at the 2026 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. MRT published the programme plan for 2026 yesterday, with the broadcaster stating the following: “Through JESC, young talents get a unique opportunity to perform on a large international stage, in front of […]
RTV San Marino, the San Marinese national broadcaster, have announced they will bidding to host the 2026 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Media Evolution and RTV San Marino will make a bid to host the 2026 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Their joint statement included the following: “Every year, in […]
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